Lavergne complains of treatment in prison

Feb. 27, 2013

Brandon Scott Lavergne

Written by

Claire Taylor
ctaylor@theadvertiser.com

Convicted killer Brandon Lavergne is threatening to sue the state of Louisiana, saying he is being kept on extended lockdown in the death row building at Angola state prison where he is being deprived of medical care, legal resources and contact visits with his family.

In the latest in a series of voluminous court filings filed by Lavergne from prison, the Church Point native says he is on 23-hour lockdown "for political reasons," citing media interviews in which Warden Burl Cain reportedly bragged that Lavergne would "never see the noon again."